Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE[Donald] Trump would want to cosy up to him for sure, and he’d be right to do that. Which would be good for the world.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.
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Our sport is ruled whether it’s for good and bad, or whatever, for technical things. There’s lots of teams out there that could and should have done better if they’d have had technical things. I suppose in the end that basically revolves around how much money they’re gonna get.
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I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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Don’t forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
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You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
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I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
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[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he’d made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn’t want to say, “Well, that’s what I’ve done and I’m sticking to it, and I don’t give a damn.” Which is what the other people in America would be like.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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I think we don’t need some people in Brussels trying to run countries that are some distance apart, who don’t speak the same language, don’t eat the same food. There’s a bit of difference between, Holland, if you like, and Italy.
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Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.
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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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